Aortic valve-sparing root replacement from inside the aorta using three Dacron skirts preserving the native Valsalva sinuses geometry and stabilizing the annulus

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-181

  Ruvolo, Giovanni ^a   Fattouch, Khalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic root aneurysm; Easy procedure; Valve sparing surgery

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVE SPARING ROOT REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DACRON IMPLANT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SUTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449106922     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184200     Document Type: Article

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